Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“SAMOTEL”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brussel · since 2011
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Computer programming · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2022
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Charleroi · since 2003
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Activities of lawyers · Roeselare · since 2020
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Aiseau-Presles · since 1980
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Elsene · since 1968
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2003
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Société anonyme de Promotion de Grands Hôtels · Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 1973
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van huishoudelijke en sanitaire producten van metaal · Izegem · since 1968
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Removal services · Liège · since 1975
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Performing arts by independent artists · Waterloo · since 1979
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Pluimveehouderijen, muv kippenkwekerijen · Chimay · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2016
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Physiotherapy · Lummen · since 2017
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Other education · Herentals · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Herentals · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Other financial services · Brussel · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1934
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Gembloux · since 1987